Head and Neck Tumor Tissue Repository and Clinical Database
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, saliva, and blood from patients with cancer and from healthy participants to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing tissue samples from patients with head and neck cancer and from healthy participants.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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∙ DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• Meets 1 of the following criteria:
‣ Diagnosis of head and neck cancer
⁃ Being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the cancer
⁃ Healthy participant
∙ PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• Not specified
∙ PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• Not specified
Locations
United States
Tennessee
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Nashville
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs
RECRUITING
Nashville
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin
RECRUITING
Nashville
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville
RECRUITING
Nashville
Contact Information
Primary
Brandee Brown
brandee.t.brown@vumc.org
615-936-4896
Time Frame
Start Date: 2003-02-13
Estimated Completion Date: 2050-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 8000
Treatments
Healthy Volunteers
Non-tumor volunteers will be asked to participate at the time that they are attending a head and neck cancer screening clinic or at the time they are accompanying a patient to their appointment at the head and neck clinic. Intake sheets and biological specimens contributed by volunteers will be coded at the time of collection so that no identifiers are obtained. These specimens will not be linked to identifiers.
Head and Neck Tumor patients
Eligible patients will be identified at the Vanderbilt Head \& Neck Clinic by clinical and research staff. An appropriately trained staff member will discuss the protocol with the patient (including, risks, benefits, alternatives, etc.).
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)